Unless they are fighting in Germany, they can't really draw a big crowd. In Europe, they are the draw whether you like it or not. They should get the bigger slice of the pie based on that and the fact that they are the champs.
So Lewis was a loser than because he did get a rematch vs Rahman. Rahman could of done the same thing Lewis did to Vitali and claim that he has nothing to prove because he just knocked out a dominant HW champ. Why should being household name matter? It's not all about gaining. Sometimes you got to give something and at least be a man of your word even when it does not benefit you.
No:nono!! Tua turned down Waldimir to be the mandatory for Byrd back in about 2005, so Tua has Klitschkophobia too....
Toney was offered a fight with VK and turned it down, too, so I think he had a case of *Klit-Phob* for a while. Povetkin and Haye have the worst, most severe cases, though. Povetkin is so infected he needs therapy where a therapist can slowly acclimate him to a mere photo of Wlad.......Haye, though, is too far gone. No therapy will help him.